19 Shipping Stocks Far Below Book Value; Yields Still Up To 32%

If I screen the market by interesting investing ideas, one industry often popped on my screen: The shipping industry.

For sure, the global trade slows down and commodity costs are at the lowest level for decades. What looks like bad news for shipping stocks but also a great opportunity for long term investors?

Let's try a look. Ships are not equal. These are container ships, tanker etc. and each industry has a different cyclic.

The recent correction in share prices across shipping stocks, barring tanker operators, has transpired into attractive valuations. 

While investors are skeptical of catching falling knives, sitting on the cash means missing good bargains. 

Investors should adopt a diversified portfolio within the maritime space, to insulate from heightened uncertainty in the sector. 

We have followed top-down approach to build our model portfolio, while considering company-specific factors such as the balance sheet strength, financial performance and management profile for stock selection. 

It is important to note that shipping is a high-beta sector and tends to underperform/outperform the financial markets by a wide alpha on both sides.

Attached I've tried to compile a few dividend paying shipping stocks that might look like bargains due to low price to book ratios and earnings multiples. What du you think? Are shipping stocks worth an investment? Leave a comment and we discuss the idea.

Here are the results...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On October 23, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

In total, 18 stocks go ex dividend - of which 9 yield more than 3 percent. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the current week.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Government Properties Income Trust	GOV	1.37B	23.17	1.34	6.07	6.87%
Hospitality Properties Trust	HPT	4.19B	37.01	1.59	2.95	6.40%
Franklin Street Properties Corp.	FSP	1.21B	54.88	1.12	6.80	5.77%
Pembina Pipeline Corporation	PBA	10.13B	32.02	2.12	2.21	4.93%
Union Bankshares Inc.	UNB	96.54M	12.52	2.11	3.91	4.62%
Ohio Valley Banc Corp.	OVBC	81.65M	10.35	1.05	2.21	4.16%
CommonWealth REIT	CWH	2.94B	60.51	0.97	2.74	4.03%
HSBC Holdings plc	HBC	205.85B	13.43	1.18	3.89	3.60%
First Busey Corporation	BUSE	455.33M	22.83	1.35	4.06	3.05%
Safe Bulkers, Inc.	SB	560.52M	6.04	1.13	3.13	2.74%
Williams-Sonoma Inc.	WSM	5.15B	19.60	4.22	1.22	2.33%
Lakeland Financial Corp.	LKFN	570.93M	15.73	1.86	5.28	2.19%
Fastenal Company	FAST	14.58B	32.53	8.34	4.46	2.04%
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation	KALU	1.23B	14.02	1.14	0.94	1.82%
Tyco International Ltd.	TYC	16.60B	-	3.53	1.56	1.79%
Barnes Group Inc.	B	2.03B	27.76	2.08	1.74	1.17%
HEICO Corp.	HEI	3.62B	37.92	6.27	3.76	0.21%
SM Energy Company	SM	5.77B	-	3.78	3.09	0.11%

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For February 22, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 300 million that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend. A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks February 22, 2012. In total, 32 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 14 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.51 percent.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For Next Week February 20 - 26, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 300 million that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading week. If your broker settles your trade before the ex-date, you will receive the next dividend. A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks February 20 -26, 2012. In total, 86 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 32 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.20 percent.